From: David Ross (ross_at_math.hawaii.edu)
Date: Sun Apr 25 1999 - 17:08:01 EDT
> They made a mistake. What is the big deal about
> that? You'll make a mistake someday, too. :)
All the time, and irrelevant to my point. I'm not suggesting that they must honor this price, merely that (a) there should be some
incentive for online merchants to be accurate in their online prices, and (b) they should somehow take *some* responsibility when
they post an erroneous one, especially if they have an avowed policy of honoring wrong prices (as this firm apparently does).
Otherwise we'll end up with an industry where everyone will post artificially low prices in their online catalogues (to stay
competitive). This is a bit like the air fares published by travel agencies in newspapers (at least in the US and UK) - largely
useless as a resource for the consumer.
- David R.
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